by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 14, 2019 | Church, Faith, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Witness, Worship
It is significant what someone does to prepare for their death. Some do nothing and deny the inevitable. That makes it hard for their family. Others of us put our affairs in order and make it easier for our survivors. Jesus prepared a last supper with his disciples...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 11, 2019 | Bible, Church, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Witness, Worship
In April 1999 I took my staff team to a church growth conference put on by Walt Kallestad and his leadership at Community Church of Joy, Glendale, Arizona. It was a very productive conference on creating a vision for growth and putting it into action. In a Leadership...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 5, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, The World, Worship
“They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace. Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush.” (Jeremiah 6:14,15. NIV) “My...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 26, 2019 | Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Reading
The Sunday before Lent used to be called Quinquagesima Sunday, i.e. fifty days before Easter. The epistle to be read on that Sunday was 1 Corinthians 13, Paul’s great hymn of love. The emphasis on the spirit of love is intended to show us the true spirit of Lenten...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 22, 2019 | Aging, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Witness
“In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.” (John 14:2) Jesus bids us think of death not as a leap into the dark unknown, but as a journey to a prepared place. It will not be like...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 20, 2019 | Bible, Church, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Witness
In 1970 I was ministering to students and other young adults at All Souls Church, Langham Place, London. It was the era of the Beatles, Eastern transcendental meditation and a psychedelic culture. John Stott gave the Bible Readings at the international missions...
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